Motor-controlling device.



A. J. HORTON.

MOTOR CONTROLLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION Hum mm. 1, 1909.

Patented J an. 24, 1911.

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A. J. HORTON.

MOTOR CONTROLLING DEVICE.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 1 1909.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

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L K H MON briwmrnPLAINsLNEW EQRK; Assrelvoa Tomlin CUTLER-HAM!" -Appiieationhledluiie 1 Too evhom it may concern: I

lie it known that I, Anenirr J. I'IOR'LON, a "citizen of the Unlted States, residing at hitc Plains, 111 the county of \Vestchcster and State of New York, have invented new One object of my invention is to provide a compact, el'licient and durable device [for contro ling the starting, stopping and speed of an electric motor.

A further object is to provide a controller which is particularly adapted to'be operated by a treadle, such as the operating treadle of a sewing machine.

Other ob1ects and advantages of my 111- vention will be hereinafter made clearly apparent.

F or .the purpose of illustrating my inventioin. .ha ve shown one embodiment thereof in the-accompanying drawings.

In said drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my device with the cove 'gre iio'vetl, a portion thereof being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken through the com; plete device as seen on the line 2-42, Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are diagrai'nmatic views showing the circuit arrangement of the device as used with a shunt and compound wound motor respectively. I

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, I provide a suitable casin 2, which may be formed of iron or other esired 1n destructible material for inclosing the vari* ous parts of the controller, provided with a removable cover 3 to permit access to the interior thereof. Quitable securing lugs 4; are provided at the top of the casing by which the same may be secured indeslred operative position. The lowerend of the casing is provided with an opening through which extends a hollow cylindrical member 5, which is secured in place in an desired manner. In the drawing, I have s own the member 5 rovided with laterally extending ears 6 1d bolts 7 take through said ears and through the adjacentgportions of the casing. The member 5 is of the same diameter throughout itslength, with the exception imn MFG.pCO iOFiMILWAUKEE, iivisconsm, A CORPORATION y S necificati on ef OF WISCONSIN.' I

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of an internal bead 8 for a, purpose hereinafterset't'orth. A rod 9,: by means of which the controller is adapted to 'be',opei'atedfek tends "through the member v j Mounted within the casing a suitable panel or base 10 which may be formed" of 7 any desired insulatingmaterial, such it:

slate. soap-stone, marble, etc, and upon which the various parts of tlie" controllerarc mounted; 'This base orpanel 1.0 is perniaa nently secured in place by ine/ans of bolts or screws 11, which take intoe'nlarged por tions 12 formed integral with tlie'casing; Of course,- it will be understood that the base may be secured in place'inmany 'otlier ways. The front face offthe bilSOWllf panel has mounted thereon two, pairs of stationarycontact posts 1e 14.an' 1 15 -1-ereSpectively. Said posts are pre'terably formed with reduced end ortions-w receive i'enewable contact rollers which 'are'e'secu'red thereon in any desired manner. The pairs of contact posts are'arranged to be bridged by a switch member, preferably in the'formof a' disk 17-, which is normally disposed intermediate of said pairs of contact-posts. The disk 17 and the stationary contact "posts-15 and 16 are preferably formed;ofwmagnetic material for a purpose hereinafter fully :set

forth". a L. -.8-5. The contact disk l7- is loosely mounted upon and insulated fromthearod 9 and is." resiliently supported thereonby means. of springs 18 and 19. ,Thespring 18 .is interposed between said disk and a collar or washer 20 secured to the rod. whilevth'e spring 19 is interposed between the disk and a sleeve 21, pinned or otherwise secured in place. on the rod 9. .Thesleeve 21' extends into the opening in the member and a hear 1 return spring 22 is disposedin-said opening around the 9 and between said sleeve and a fiange -23 formed onone endfof a sleeve 9.4, which is looselydisposed on the rod 9. Said sleeve 24 is limited in its down v ward movement byvtheflange 23, whichv e'ngages the internal bead 8 forn edfimsa'id', member 5. The lower end of the'sleeve 2 4 preferably has a, removable collar 25therB- on for facilitating the assemblingfof the,

a stud member 30, pivoted to an insulatin link 31', the other end of said insulatin lin being pivotally secured to an arm 32. t will .be understood that the rod 9 may be secured to the insulating link in various other ways. The arm 32 has a hub portion 33 which is .pivoted on a stud 34 secured to the base 10. The other end of the arm 32 is provided with a hollow guide 35 adapted to receive a contact 36. The hub 33 has an extended.

portion 37 which is provided, upon its upper face, with beads 38 to form a guideway for a spring member 39. Said spring member.

has one end secured to the extended portion 37 by means of a screw, or otherwise, while its opposite end bears against the contact .36. It will, of course, be understood that the arm may be provided with any other suitable form of contact.

A series of contact buttons 40 and a single contact 41 are mounted upon the base 10 and are arranged to be engaged by the movable contact 36..

The series of contacts',.40, except the first, are preferably connected at intervals to a resistance 42 secured upon the rear of the base.

The posts 15 and 16 are preferably extended through the insulating base "10 to provide cores for windings 43. Each of said windings is also provided with a frame 44' of r 'gnetic material connected to one-end of the core thereof. The windings, when energized, set up a nagnetic field including the posts 15 and 16 for the purpose hereinafter clearly set-forth. In the drawings, the parts of the controller are shown in initial position, being always returned thereto by the springs 22 and 26 when the rod is released.

When the treadle is properly operated, the rod 9 is moved downwardly and the arm 32 will be moved so that the contact 36 engages the second of the series of contact buttons 40 and the disk 17 will bridge the contact posts 15 and 16. Further operation- -buttons 40. Upon the release of the rod, the

return spring 22, which has been tensioned,

will move the rod upwardly. The spring 18 will hold the disk 17 against the posts 15 and 16 until the arm 32 moves back to the first of the buttons 40, and said disk 17 is then disengaged from said posts as hereinafter clearly set forth.

An upward movement of'the rod from initial position will move the disk 17 into engagement with the contact posts 13 and 14, and also move the arm into enga emcnt with contact '41. vWhen the rod is re eased return spring 26, which has been compressed between the flange 25 and'the head 8, will move the rod to initial position, thusbring views, when the rod is operated to start the motor, circuit is closed as follows: from the positive side 45 of the source of sup 1y to the contact post 13, to and through tlie coil 43'around post 15 to said t, across disk 17 to post 16, through co1l.43 to post 14 where the current divides, art going by conductor 46,to the shunt fiel 47 and to the negative side 48 of the source of sup ly, and the other portion of the current by conductor 49 to the last of the series of buttons 40, through allof the-resistance 42' to arm 32, conductor 50, armature 51 and by conductor 52 to the ne ative side 48 to the source of supply. e motor will thus be started with all the armature resistance in circuit. A continued movement of the rod 9 will cause the arm 32 to move over the remainingv contacts 40 to remove the resistance sections from circuit to increase the motor speed as desired. When it is desired to stop t e motor, the rod is allowed to'be moved upwardlyby the return s )ring 22. It will be understood, however, t at since the coils 43 are included in the motor circuit, said coils will ma tize the posts 15 and 16, and

said posts wi 1 hold the disk 17 thereagainst,

until the spring 19 is tensioned by the'sleeve 21 and the tension of the spring 22 overcomes the pull of the magnets, when the disk will be forced away from said posts and quickly returned to initial position by said spring 19. By the construction just described, the disk is caused to leave the contact posts with a snap, thus eliminating all danger of arcing. To bring the motor to a quick stop, the treadle is operated toforce the rod'9 upwardly to cause the contact arm 32 to engage the disk 41 and the contact disk 17 to engage the posts 13 and 14. This results in closing the circuit of the shunt field from the positive side of the line to post 13, across disk 17 to post 14, by conductor-46 to the shunt field and to the negative side of the source of supply as previously described, and also in closing a circuit across the armature terminals as will be clearly seen in the drawings. This causes the motor to act as a dy nzunic bralie to quickly stop the del andeirs-to cuila mite o reuitreon vicedi eratmli t-le reb b king sacs-1e.

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s'tiomlthfe motor 1 thus" preventing wa'std'of current. Itwill further b'e s'een tliat t-he "inotor may be opj l is'ecure' acontroller by Controlled through a is ecc. Itx-will also be seen vi c controlling de'vjice, in comr'esistance controlling rtica-l plane, a .v eitica-lly mqva I "c inberihai-ingcooperating stat onary ont'a cts forming stops therefor,

pe'r'ating member for said tcli fnj'emb'erysaid operating member g csilfi'ent-ly connected ,to said switclrniembei to all'oiv continuous move- 3 mid; seamen" ment 1 thereby, after said switch 4o member 7 ovdlmto; engagement w t 1 1ts' ta ions: ontaets- 1 2-," Ina motor, controlli n g device, in combination,=;.a pivot qlflresistance controlling element w longi tugdiii ally i'novabl e opera t in g .45 memberstliereior iand a switch member tosil ehtlyv nrounted po'n' said operating'memher, said operating member beingfadapted to cause continues.nioyement of said element after sa id switchmember has enga ged its conations-41 p te ment inmble n avertrcal plane, a verticonncotingsaidoperating member toasai} mounted uponsaidgloperating member andst 'a-tilonmgvg coiitacts arranged to be I eiwaged byif 'said disk,- .said, operatmg member" in" --6 adapted 5m .con'-ti1 iu.e' -,the movement of said element after said disk hasbeemmOved into exit gment ayith ii'ts vcooperating contacts.

4 11- tor ontrolling device, in c0mblh'fltliljl m Insulating base, aser iesof e. :6 5 thatebuttoilsisarranged substantially term:

pentagr m pairmfx co'n-tact e'is connected 5 binhti-olle'risininitial 0 1 y g I tactfsmounte 1s disconnected from c1rcu1t,-'

- 'bivoted' to 'sai'dbase and arranged to sweep scribed-the device'as 'conontr 'olling device, in combiresistance controlling cle 'a'blegoperating'member, an insulatd element, 3a contact, disk resilientlyi con said ;base aatdcindnable oiie ilioieaontally 5on3. said-obese,

im ember; sand-an? swi tchfmember ra'esiliently Cally thereon, a'contact member pivoted upon g itl.- Series; Of tuds'earranged s.vertica'rl l-gyiemoztre, jable operating rod connected tosaid-zcontat il 'tedflippmsaid operating irod v,for engag- 3mg said contaetaposts; said operatingrodbe? fin ada'pt'edwto continueathe movement of v switch-member has been: moved into eiigage- "mentwithfsa id contact" osts. L ln -a" motor control ing device, in come blnatlon, a sufpporting base, a series of con- "thereon, a contact member over said series of contacts, an operating member for "said pivoted member,- two pairs ;0f contact-studs secured to said base, a switch member-resiliently mounted upon-said opcrating memberand adapted to bridge either of sai pairs-of contact studs, and opposing means forfbiasing said 0 crating member to switch member is a position in which sai 7 both pairs. ofeonout of engagement with tactstuds'. 3

6: In a motor controlling device, in combinati'om'an' insulating base, a series. of con.-

tacts arranged substantially verticallythereon, a. contact member pivoted to said base and arranged ms weep over said series of "contacts, a vertically movable rod connected to said pivoted member to operate-the same,

a switch member loosely' mounted upon said rod, opposing springs PIQSSIDY against. said switch member, 'i-t-wopairs 0? horizontally arranged contact studs adapted -to be en gaged by said switch member-when moved in oppositedirections, said springs permitting continued movementof said operating rod after saidswitch member has engaged cooperating con-tacts, and opposing means biasing said rod t0 't position in which said switch member is out of engagement with l'mtlfpairs of contact. studs.

'ifIn a motor controlling bination, an operatina I oppositedirec'tions rom initial position, means actuated .therebyto close tlie :motor circuit, and additional means actuated theresaid member is moved in--one direction, sa d means being adapted to close a dynamic braking'circuit when the memberiismoved in the opposite direction. A

8. In a motor cont-rolling'de'vice, in combination, a base, an operating'member movable longitudinally thereof in opposite. directions 'from initial pos tion, arcontactarm device, in commember mo "able in by subsequent to the" c'losure of themotor circuit to vary the speedof-th'e motor when ivo'ted tof'said b ascmovable by-said operatmember, a series of contacts arranged to said contact arm totvary the b i flg d y, mot or speed-when the" operat one direct "co n'g member is.

' moved m-one direction, and a pair of cona; p senses;

4 t6 l5e -*sta a arian to .Q SQQKIWem bE ig-ycirwit .wh nz dr' operatmgmemberJSgttioved' inpthe opposite;

switch to close-the motor circuitantltliejarm tof'control the speetliof -themotor, andjwhen 26 moved 7 in. the F ite *directiomn'to e said Snitch we ose i t-he fiekl of thefmot'or and; theai'm t'o'fclose'the] 1 11 k .circmtJ-y- V p p 1'01 In a motor, controlling device,- income; bination, a longitudinally movable; member,

,. a switc h contactresiliently supported there on, a pair, offstationary contacts adapted to be engagegl by-saiclswitch contact to close .thefmoton'cii'cnitru'lieii said nember' is moved, and anai'm pivoted to said member and movable fthereby for controlling the speed of-the. motor subseqnent to the closure of the motor circuit. a 4 p 11. In a=motor cont-rolling device, in-combi'nation,' with an insulating base and an opcrating member mounted thereon and mov-' able xiv-opposite. directions; of asw1tch member supported on said movable member,

a, .pair of switch 'contactsaclaptedto be engaged by said switch" member to close. .the motorscii cmt, [EJ881165 of contacts air-j ranged on the b'aseand an arm -pivote d (.=n the base and connected to said operating member I to be; moved over said. series. of.

contacts, when 'saidopcra'tir'm' member' tac'ts adapted. tobe engaged said switch member to close the circuit-of the shunt field of theumoton -and' anontact' adapted to be engaged bylsaid arm to-close 'a dynam1c bralf- {ing circuit, when said, operating. member is 'moved-inftheiopposite direction;

-.- maplesmam; cont 'lling'device, imbalbinat-ion, a'me mbergmovable in-opposite di rections, a. switch member-looselyd sposed I thereon, resilient-fmeans for normally-hold I in -said-sivit ch inone position, two pairs '0 stationary contacts, said Fswitchl member, 7 when :-the movable member' is moved in one direeti0i1, b ingada-ptedito' en go onepair 'd-oontacts to complete te motor c rcult, and, when'said member is :moved in the. gpposite directions, to engage the other pairpfacontaots' to fcomplete the-circuit of themotor held, and raistanee. arm

- and --'slinnt' field "winding" from circuit, said switche'sxbeingimovable inv onedirection'to --close the motor circuit and to thereatter accelerat'e theimotonfsaid switches being mot able in an' opposite direction fro'miinitial adapted tovarvthe speedof the motor lifter:

. the rmot'or circuit-has been closed,' and-to close a circuit-across the .termina-ls-of-the' bina'tion, a" memberg movable in opposite dii motor -arxhatuf 'when the-motor field is In- .a motor. controllingr'device; in comreo'tions, a switch member, loosely; :dis 'os ed thereon, resilient-means*forjnormally oldv ing eaid switchrin'one position'two pairsfofstationary. contacts, ,said switch member, when-- the movable-'- memberis-moVed in'one direction, being adapted to engage. one.

pair ofsaid contacts torcomplete the motor, c1rcu1t,.a'nd,- when said member ismovedf in thejopposite directiom-to engage the and a. single contact adaptedio be engaged other pair. Qf" COIlt-aCtS to complete the circuit of the new held, a pivoted. re

sistance arm, a series of, contacts -aclapted-' -to"-be. engaged thereby after the motor"cir-; cuit-has. been closed to vary 'themoton-s'pced; 1

thereby-when the motor'field isficlosedto complete"; a circuit-across the terminals of the motor armature;

il i. In. a. motor controlling device, com-f bma-tion, a, member mo'vablein opposite d1- 'rections, ajswitch member loosel disposedthereon, resilient-means for norrna lyholding said switch in oneposition, two pairs of stationury contacts, said switch member, "when tion,t-being adapted toqengage one pair ofsaid contacts to'c'ompletet-h'e-motor circuit, and, when said member is moved in the'op posite direct-ion, to engage the other pair-of contacts to, complete the circuit of the motor the movable member-is movedin'one diree} field, a pivoted resistaiice arm, a "series of contacts adapted to be engaged-thereby af-- ter the motor circuit has been closed to vary 6 the motor speed, a'single contact adapted to be engaged thereby when the-motor field .is closed to complete a circuitacross thefter minals of thev motor armature, and, means: tending. to return 'saidmovable, member to; 7 initial position whenmoved inieith'er direc-- tion. o

15. In -moth controlling device, in com; bination, a plurality of switches, an 'actuat a ing member thereformovable in. opposite direct-ions, said switches tending to standin I a position to disconnect the motorgarmature position toconnectf the shunt field of the]:

motor to the souroeof supply and} to close a'dynamic braking circuit across theter'mials of themotor arm; V

i, 16. In a motor'controlling device, int coin bination, an operating member movable in positedirections from Y initial'go sitibfi; a

ofsw'itches controlled ereb'y standing in position todisconnect the motor from circuit when the operating member is in initial position, said switches being movable in one direction from initial position to close the motor circuit and to thereafter vary the motor speed, said switches being movable in the opposite direction from initial position to close the circuit of the shunt field of the motor and to close a dynamic braking circuit across the terminals of the motor arn'iatu're, and means tending to re turn the operating member to initial position when moved in either direction.

17. In a motor controlling device, in combination, an operating member, a switch adapted to be closed by said member, a pivoted contact arm also controlled by said operating member, a spring adapted to be placed under tension to open said switch, and electromagnetic means for retaining said switch closed until said spring is placed under tension. 1

18. In a motor controlling device, in com-' bination, an operating member, a switch for closing the motor circuit adapted to be actuated by said member, a pivoted contact arm for controlling the speed of the motor after said switch has-been actuated, a spring adapted, when placed under tension, to open said switch, and electromagnetic means for retaining said switch closed until said spring is placed under tension.

19. In a motor controlling device, in c0mbination, with a switch and spring adapted, when placed under tension, to open said switch, and electroresponsive means for bination, an operating member, movable in opposite directions from normal position, a switch, a speed controlling member, said operating member adapted, when moved in one direct-ion, to cause said switch to'close the motor circuit and the speed controlling member to subsequently vary. the motor speed, and, when moved in the opposite direction, to cause said switch and speed controlling member to close a dynamic braking circuit.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witmesses..

ALBERT J. HORTON.

Vitnesses I W. L. CULLY, CHARLES B. BAKER. 

